Are You a Flexitarian? 4 Recipes to Help You Decide

The diet of the moment might just be the easiest, most sensible one around.

Here’s the 4-1-1: A flexitarian diet focuses mostly on plant-based foods but includes meat, poultry, and fish in small amounts. Flexitarianism is the perfect diet for people who know they need to eat more veggies but don’t want to give up meat completely. And the health benefits are impressive: Plant-based diets have been shown to be high in vitamins, fiber, and nutrients. Add a little meat now and then, and flexitarians also get all the protein (and flavor) of animal products.

Start flexing today with thisSquash Risotto recipe (pictured) from vegetarian food writer Anna Thomas. It can easily be modified to suit a vegan day (hold the meat and cheese), a vegetarian day (add the Parmesan), or an omnivorous day (throw in the pancetta), making it the ultimate flexitarian meal.

Get three more simple, flexitarian recipes using pantrystaples after the jump.